early to bed, wake ~5 vitamin, oo to support absorption, protein bev 29g, powders by 6:30 200mg caf and head to the gym a kind fellow showed me how to use the Smith machine for a few basic movements 2 sets each overhead presses (in front of and behind head) and curls (overhand, underhand) the usual 30-minute HIIT sprints for cardio Afterthoughts: isn't the main attraction of the Smith machine that squats work the most muscles in one motion? If you get to add just 1 machine to target muscl... (...more)

shrimp scampi :Q
continue our binge of Orphan Black S4 until I started to doze off just before 9.
Maybe an afternoon nap would have changed that.
I'd considered a half-shot of Cantrip to match Mrs g+t after dinner,
but that would certainly would have hastened my snooze.

Yesterday I refreshed my memory on the state of BRP ("Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine"), Chaosium's current foothold in the d100-based TTRPG system space. There's a long convoluted history there. 1971: Guidon Games publishes Gygax and Perren's "Chainmail" rules for tabletop miniatures wargaming 1974: D+D ("original" or "OD+D"), first TTRPG and ancestor of modern d20 RPGs, by Gygax's TSR company 1975: TSR acquires Chainmail from Guidon 1975: Greg Stafford's "White Bear and Red Moon" str... (...more)

bed ~10, awake 6 \o/ fill powder and protein pods promptly, since I paused previously Finished plant sterol powder, repurpose that container for 2 bottles gelcap supply litter genie Costco regular gas yesterday: 2.6x; today: 2.76 ... still well under $3.00/gal * * * Some years ago already, I read a forum post where the person said they felt like they had pretty much "solved" D+D, at least as a player making character-build choices within a given campaign's leveling span: - some subcla... (...more)

what happened to the second half of Mrs brekaritos?
check salted butter, angel hair, Rao's, broccoli

populate powder and protein pods
library card and Kanopy deets to keys sheet
treadmill, grocery, gas

update chars

roast beef sandwiches \o/
line up supply for shrimp scampi + angel hair, chicken puttanesca
finish Side Effects (2013, Rooney Mara, Jude Law)